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# A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1295

A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1295

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### [c5.1295](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1295)

PAILA. A learned man who was appointed in ancient days to collect the hymns of the Rig-veda. He arranged it in two parts, and must have been a coadjutor of Veda Vyāsa.

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## Cites (1)

- [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit

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